Primary school admissions figures for 2020 announced

Families in Shropshire are today (Thursday 16 April 2020) finding out whether their children have been offered a reception place at their preferred primary schools this September 2020.

The figures for the Shropshire Council area for 2020 are:

Total number of applications: 2901
Number allocated their 1st preference: 2714 (93.6%)
Number allocated their 2nd preference: 121 (4.2%)
Number allocated their 3rd preference: 19 (0.7%)
Number allocated one of their preferred schools: 2854 (98.4%)
Number allocated an alternative school: 47 (1.6%)

For comparison, the figures for 2019 were:

Total number of applications: 2758
Number allocated their 1st preference: 2598 (94.2%)
Number allocated their 2nd preference: 88 (3.2%)
Number allocated their 3rd preference: 20 (0.7%)
Number allocated one of their preferred schools: 2706 (98.1%)
Number allocated an alternative school: 52 (1.9%)

Ed Potter, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for children’s services, said:-

“We are really pleased that such a high percentage of pupils will be going to their first preference of primary school in 2020. Shropshire Council works hard to ensure that as many children as possible are able to attend their preferred school, and this was true for 116 more pupils this year than in 2019. Although it is not possible in every case, 98.4% of applicants will attend one of their top three preferred schools and all applicants are offered a place.”